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28-04-2009, 07:33 PM
Originally Posted by mishflynn 
Working type dogs without the correct stimualation...will still work, but instead of with you they will go Self employed!!!!! Not really what you want in a relaxing house!!!!!!!!!!
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28-04-2009, 07:45 PM
Originally Posted by mishflynn
Working type dogs without the correct stimualation...will still work, but instead of with you they will go Self employed!!!!! Not really what you want in a relaxing house!!!!!!!!!!
Having had 2 bored springers when something popped up and they werent taking out, at times was at my wits end.
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28-04-2009, 08:02 PM
though many of the real working dogs come from the pastoral group, terrier group, gundog group,
I would think dogs doing jobs from the working group may be far less than dogs doing jobs from any other group.
as to owning a working dog, eg a collie, personaly I wouldnt take on a working collie, I see the farm BC's all the time, sometimes work them, they are happy healthy dogs, but I wouldnt dare for a second think I could take a pup from either of them and keep it as a pet, not with the lifestyle I have,
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29-04-2009, 05:13 PM
Originally Posted by Moobli
So has the thread helped at all Pidge?
He can be a pet in a pet home but also needs to not just have stimulation and exercise (which we're doing), but needs the RIGHT stimulation and exercise (which we weren't doing).
I'm still abit confused about the working line, working type, working breed thing though?
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29-04-2009, 05:18 PM
The general consensus seems to be that it is ok to have a working breed as a pet, so long as you understand its inherited traits, accept them and work with them, in order to have a satisfied dog.What confuses you about the working line, type, breed thing?
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29-04-2009, 05:19 PM
Originally Posted by Pidge
Yes, it's confirmed that what we're now doing is right.
He can be a pet in a pet home but also needs to not just have stimulation and exercise (which we're doing), but needs the RIGHT stimulation and exercise (which we weren't doing).
I'm still abit confused about the working line, working type, working breed thing though?
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29-04-2009, 05:22 PM
Originally Posted by Moobli
I think you are right
The general consensus seems to be that it is ok to have a working breed as a pet, so long as you understand its inherited traits, accept them and work with them, in order to have a satisfied dog.What confuses you about the working line, type, breed thing?
Originally Posted by Shona
is woody from working lines?
So is he a working line?
Either way, as a breed we've identified the things he needs to be doing and as a dog we have looked at the things he is good at and enjoys and come up with daily plans to keep his little mind and body going.
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29-04-2009, 05:22 PM
http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/item/2
though if you look at it, it does not have most of the breeds you would think of first when thinking working dogs.
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